How we work

Stills and film share one plan from the first recce to the last file.

Brief
We look at the product in hand, or the site in person, before we quote.
We read the brief, ask what the pictures are for and where they will run, and visit the place if we have not shot there before.
You get: a crew plan and a written estimate.
Test
A short test shot on the real material: stone, fabric or steel.
Shot list, call sheet, crew and kit go into one document. Must-have frames come first, extras come with a time next to them.
You get: a call sheet and a shot list.
Shoot
Macro and wide in the same week, stills and film from one light.
Stills are reviewed tethered on set, film is checked on a calibrated monitor, and nobody leaves until the key frames are agreed.
You get: a contact sheet the same evening.
Retouch
Dust, reflections and colour checked against the real object.
Finishing happens here, not with a stranger. Files are named for the media plan and delivered with a readme someone else can follow.
You get: masters, versions and an archive.
Deliver
Files for print, shop, web and screens, named the way your team works.
Grade, retouch, edit and sound happen in our own room, against the same reference stills, then versions are cut for each place they run.
You get: masters, versions and an archive.

When the files arrive

Counted in working days from the end of the shoot.